Rocket Hole

The Astros had never won a postseason series when Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens arrived. On the day they arrived, expectations changed immediately. They didn’t talk about getting to the playoffs. They talked about winning in the playoffs.

Clemens no longer had 97-mph stuff when he pitched his first game for the Astros in 2004, and that only made his accomplishments that much more impressive. He won, not with pure stuff, but with blow-you-away smarts and grit.